[2] [3] The newspaper was established in 2006 as the Charlotte Citizen, but changed its name to The Citizen in 2011 to accommodate its expansion into neighboring Hinesburg, Vermont.
[citation needed] The paper was part of Wind Ridge Publishing, owned by Holly Johnson.
[4] In 2015, Wind Ridge Publishing, which owned The Citizen and Shelburne News, moved its printing operations to Vermont.
[5] In 2017, the Citizen was purchased by the Stowe Reporter Group, under publisher Greg Popa.
[6] In January 2019, the Stowe Reporter Group was renamed Vermont Community Newspaper Group.